Serious unclassified road crash in Birmingham B72 on 5 August 2024 at 17:05 involving a Dacia Duster
A Dacia Duster and a BMW 2 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 17:05 on Monday 5 August 2024. The 32-year-old female driver of the Dacia Duster was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Aug 2024
- Monday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dacia Duster and BMW 2 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53542, longitude -1.81783, in the B72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton Wylde Green, Birmingham, B72 1DN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024201476222
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4148
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 March 2010.
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 30 March 2010
8 m awayRef 201020D725512
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 19 March 2006
8 m awayRef 200620D102602
Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 19 March 2020
14 m awayRef 2020200947548
Slight
Volvo S80 crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 22 December 2010
14 m awayRef 201020N511550
Slight
Rover 45 crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 10 June 2003
71 m awayRef 200320D218002
Serious
Ford Granada crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 14 March 1993
90 m awayRef 19932093D0314
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dacia Duster
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: BMW 2 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dacia Duster)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2024201476222 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Birmingham road accident statistics for 2024.